Cross-environment configuration object access
Published May 3, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Authorization bypass in F5 NGINX Management Suite allows remote authenticated users to access configuration objects across environments. F5 identifies authorization bypass through a user-controlled key but has not disclosed the affected request handler or validation failure. An authenticated account is required, and exploitation exposes or alters configuration objects assigned to other environments without interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in F5 NGINX Management Suite allows remote authenticated users to access configuration objects across environments. F5 identifies authorization bypass through a user-controlled key but has not disclosed the affected request handler or validation failure. An authenticated account is required, and exploitation exposes or alters configuration objects assigned to other environments without interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28656
- Published
- May 3, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- F5 Networks
- Product
- NGINX API Connectivity Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-639
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 3, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <1.5.0
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